3 CVT Tranny's

ziftawi · Feb 26, 2009, 11:37 AM

Just some info for those interested!

I have changed three tranny's so far!! Dont even think about putting fluid other then Mitsubishi's Diaqueen CVTF-J1. The first one was cooked due to 1 qt. of another CVT fluid be added and run at 200 km/h for about an hour, tranny only lasted about 2000 km. The other 2 were for just topping up with another CVT fluid, they lasted about 3000 km. After taking them apart, found that all 3 had there Control Valves and Solenoids fried. Another thing I found was that all 3 of them had different driving characteristics in regards to acceleration.

Bladed · Feb 26, 2009, 09:45 PM

How often should we check the fluid levels or change the fluid? And do you have any information regarding how much power the tranny can hold without breaking?

ziftawi · Feb 27, 2009, 03:17 PM

It all depends on the climate where you live and how you drive the car. It was amazing after driving the car for a 1000 km, I took the tranny pan off and found lots of metal particles stuck to the magnet, but thats what it is there for. I also have a tranny oil thermostat and something to avoid is consecutive high speed bursts without giving the tranny time to cool between. Back to your question, I figure if it is hot and sandy like where I live probably about once a year 10-15000 miles, this oil is very very thin.

Lancer09mx · Mar 5, 2009, 01:13 PM

thats why i gone to Manual